TURAS Digital Portfolio

Key concepts

The portfolio is used to demonstrate reflective practice

Use it as a formal log for your work and experiences throughout the DCT post

Can be utilised for further tasks such as multi-source feedback

It forms the basis of the ARCP process

Little and often is key

Logging in

Should have been given your login details for your Turas account by now

Ideally you should have had a brief explore of the entire site

You may have already completed an SLE and / or meeting

If you have any issues, speak to your educational supervisor

COPDEND DCT Curriculum

Draft document published in August 2016

Approved December 2016

Provides a guide as to the ideal education requirements expected of a DCT

This doesn’t just apply to MaxFax, applies to all specialties including paediatrics, restorative, etc

It is wise to ‘marry up’ your own TURAS portfolio as closely to the DCT portfolio as possible

TURAS Portfolio

Curriculum

The TURAS curriculum is split into four

subcategories:

1. Professional Behaviour and Trust

2. Communication, teamworking and leadership

3. Clinical safety and quality

4. Clinical care

Linking portfolio to curriculum

Almost everything you input into the portfolio can be linked to the TURAS curriculum

This includes SLE’s and reflections

Over time you will see your curriculum coverage increase

Don’t link more than 2 criteria to each entry however

Sufficiently covering the curriculum is a requirement for successful ARCP completion

The PDP

Has a dedicated section on TURAS

The PDP’s you set need to be agreed with your educational supervisor

There is no set number of PDP’s that you have to log, however using the COPDEND DCT curriculum is a good guide

For example for Community Dentistry, there are 20 criteria listed for assessment

Meetings overview

Essential part of your portfolio, and your training year overall

The meetings are between you and your educational supervisor

Meetings have to be held regularly - at least 3 documented

meetings expected in a year

These 3 essential meetings are - Initial meeting, Interim /

general meeting, and Final Structured report.

The meetings are also used to help when performing the final

assessment for ARCP purposes

Essential requirements

Minimum of 24 Supervised Learning Events (SLE’s) must be completed in the year

SLE’s fall into different domains – try and have as good a spread of SLE’s as possible

15 SLE’s need to be completed by IRCP in March (at least 4 DOPS, 2CBDs and 2 Cex)

At least 24 by the ARCP date in July - not end of year - (at least 8 DOPs, 4 CBDs, 4 Cex and 1 developing the Clinical Teacher)

Therefore you need to be averaging around 3 a month between now and June

Categories of SLE’s

Mini – clinical evaluation exercise

Developing the clinical teacher

Case based discussion

Direct observation of procedural skills

Categories of SLE’s (2)

Mini – clinical evaluation exercise

Such as – “Mutlidisciplinary care of patient under

GA”

Developing the clinical teacher

Such as – “Delivery of teaching to junior doctors”

Categories of SLE’s (3)

Case based discussion

Such as “Referral of patient to consultant clinic”

Direct observation of procedural skills

Such as “Surgical extraction of tooth”

Reflections

Reflecting throughout a trainee’s portfolio is essential, andreflecting forms a mandatory part of trainee’s CPD documentation.

However the ‘Reflections’ section itself on TURAS is optional

This is because a trainee may wish to integrate their reflective practice within an event or an SLE logged elsewhere on the portfolio

The Reflections section may be used in instances where an SLE isn'tthe best reflective option, and can be linked to your TURAS curriculum

Useful to “reflect on your reflections” over the course of the year

Multisource feedback

May have done this in DFT year, or if you’ve worked in practice

The aim is to get honest, constructive feedback from your work colleagues

The better the spread and the more people you get feedback from, the better

Requires a minimum of 10 responses to be completed

Your educational supervisor reads the responses and then releases the anonymous results to you

ARCP

Interim RCP in March (also known as IRCP)

Final RCP in July each year (Also known as ARCP)

Portfolio must be completed and up to date before the deadline

Must include a log of trainee’s work, e.g. how many surgical extractions performed – (can use RCS eLogbook or similar for this)

The process of ARCP is complemented by the meetings the trainee has held with you over the course of the year

Aim is to get an “Outcome 1” for the DCT year

Summary

Marathon not a sprint

The portfolio can be your friend

But you have to dedicate time and effort to make it a success

The key is “little and often”

Ask as often as possible (where appropriate) to do more supervised learning events etc

Ensure your meetings are held regularly and that these are well documented, as it really helps with ARCP – at least 3 documented meetings expected in a year

Don’t leave things until the last minute

Reflect on what you’ve learnt and achieved over the year using the portfolio

Save a record of your portfolio after you complete your ARCP

References / Resources

Turas Digital Portfolio

COPDEND DCT Curriculum 2016 -

http://www.copdend.org/content.aspx?Group=fo

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